Historical evidence and argument / David Henige.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Henige, David P.

Series:

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History--Methodology.

History.

History--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

xiii, 325 p. ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Historians know about the past because they examine the evidence. But what exactly is "evidence, " how do historians know what it means-and how can we trust them to get it right? Historian David Henige tackles such questions of historical reliability head-on in his skeptical, unsparing, and acerbically witty Historical Evidence and Argument. "Systematic doubt" is his watchword, and he practices what he preaches through a variety of insightful assessments of historical controversies-for example, over the dating of artifacts and the textual analysis of translated documents. Skepticism, Henige contends, forces us to recognize the limits of our knowledge, but is also a positive force that stimulates new scholarship to counter it.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-316) and index.

ISBN:

9786612270000

9781282270008

1282270001

9780299214135

0299214133

OCLC:

646769098

Publisher Number:

2027/heb04838 hdl